Grade 1 Category
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 3- Intro to Programming: Coding 101 (1st/2nd)
Oct. 9, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents, What a joy it was to work with your child today! It was amazing to see them work so hard, solve problems, and learn new skills! Programmers have to have collaborative and communications skills, as well as curiosity and persistence. Your child experienced all this and more today through robots and coding!...
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 3- Adventures in Algebra (1st/2nd)
Oct. 9, 2017—Happy Third Day! Today the students completed a whole class concept map to summarize their understanding of “All things Algebra”. I was amazed to see that their concept map included such terminology as prime and composite numbers, charts, graphs (circle, bar, line), symbols (+ = x – /), letters, balance, equations, etc. They are beginning...
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 2- Intro to Programming: Coding 101 (1st/2nd)
Oct. 2, 2017—Hello SAVY Parents, We had another spectacular day of coding on Saturday. The students began by tackling an “unplugged” lesson or coding lesson about a concept that we explore away from computers. The students examined 9 steps for completing a task (folding a paper airplane) and determined unneeded commands and sequenced the necessary steps to...
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 2- Adventures in Algebra (1st/2nd)
Oct. 2, 2017—Happy Second Day! Today the students continued to work with the concept of balancing equations and expressions. They worked their way through learning that variables can be used in different ways. The students explored number tricks and used variables to represent changing quantities. During one of their number tricks, they were encouraged to use questions...
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 1 – Intro to Programming: Coding 101 (1st/2nd)
Sep. 27, 2017—Dear SAVY Parents, It was my pleasure to meet and work with your child for Intro to Code! Each child brought a different level of knowledge and experience with this subject, however everyone seemed engaged and very excited to learn concepts and achieve new skills. We began our classroom time together with a small group...
Fall SAVY 2017, Day 1 – Adventures in Algebra (1st/2nd)
Sep. 27, 2017—Happy First Day! The Adventures in Algebra class is digging deep into a unit on algebraic expressions, equations, and variables. As an introductory activity, the students created concept maps about themselves to become familiar with each other. The students were encouraged to use their public speaking skills to share their maps with their peers. They also...
Spring SAVY 2017, Day 5- Robotic Programming
Feb. 28, 2017—Greetings! The kids worked really hard today! Today was all about them, what they would like to create, and how to achieve that. We started with a meeting in which they learned about how many degrees were in a circle, and how to write code to make their Spheros go in the directions that they...
Spring SAVY 2017, Day 5- Awesome Algebra
Feb. 28, 2017—Our hands-on equations program is really helping students to solve equations that have both constants and variables on both sides of the equation. After today’s lesson, students are able to solve equations like 2x + 4 = x + 7 or 5x +1 = 4x + 6 to get both an x and a check. That...
Spring SAVY 2017, Day 5- Science of the Sea: Diving into Marine Biology
Feb. 28, 2017—Coming soon!
Spring SAVY 2017, Day 4- Robotic Programming
Feb. 20, 2017—Greetings! We had the best day so far! We started by talking about Pokémon Go, because the kids were excited about the updates that just went out! However, yesterday, they were having glitches and I was able to screen shot the error message and explain what that meant! They were so excited to see that...